SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities rescued four women who got stuck in a narrow slot canyon while hiking in southern Utah because of deep water levels they weren’t expecting. Garfield County spokeswoman Denise Dastrup said Monday that four experienced hikers ranging in age from 40 to 53 went hiking […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have rescued a woman who became wedged in a narrow slow canyon while hiking in southern Utah. The Deseret News reports that Garfield County spokeswoman Denise Dastrup said Monday that the woman was part of a group from the Denver area that went hiking […]
Crews are searching for a couple in their 20’s who didn’t return at the expected time from a hike in Garfield County Monday. The man and woman left their car at a trail head Sunday, and were hiking in Escalante on the way back to the car, according to KSL. […]
Traffic is flowing again on State Route 12 in Red Canyon after flash flooding Thursday afternoon. A mudslide blocked the road in Garfield County and closed a section west of Bryce Canyon City. Officials say a nearby weather station received over an inch of rain in less than an hour […]
Panguitch City is on a boil order for culinary water as crews work to clean up a potential contamination. The Garfield County Sheriff’s office reports efforts to clear out a bacterial contamination after flooding and debris moved through the watershed. According to the Sheriff’s Office, many volunteers are helping to […]
Republican for U.S. Senate Candidate % Popular Vote Popular Vote MITT ROMNEY 71.71% 217049 MIKE KENNEDY 28.29% 85622 – County: Sevier Republican for County Commissioner A Candidate % Popular Vote Popular Vote SCOTT T. JOHNSON 65.88% 2442 CONRAD MILLER 34.12% 1265 – Republican for County Clerk/Auditor Candidate % Popular Vote […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 60-year-old man and a boy he’s suspected of kidnapping from Colorado were found near a southern Utah lake where they had been walking naked after asking for food and water from campers. Garfield County sheriff’s spokeswoman Denise Dastrup said David Glenn Freeman and the […]
(Escalante, UT) — A man is dead after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing in Escalante. Investigators with the Highway Patrol don’t know why the 41-year-old lost control on Center Street on Saturday but say he didn’t have a helmet on. The man reportedly died while emergency crews were […]
ESCALANTE, Utah (AP) — Southern Utah officials say a bomb squad has destroyed two mortars found in a remote area near the town of Escalante. Garfield County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Denise Dastrup said a resident found the mortars near a camping area and emailed the sheriff’s office Friday to let them […]
A man is dead in Garfield County after he fell from a ledge while trying to surprise his wife on her birthday. 51-year-old Dee Jessop fell about 50 or 60 feet when he slipped in Circleville Canyon on Saturday. He was celebrating his wife’s birthday by attempting to climb up […]
